Usually means: Difficult decision with uncertain outcome.
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▸ noun:  (chiefly US, idiomatic) A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives.

Similar:
clutch, task, hot button, duel, jackpot, knife-edge, knot, crisis, throe, chasm, more...

Opposite:
easy decision, no-brainer

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Similar:
clutch, task, hot button, duel, jackpot, knife-edge, knot, crisis, throe, chasm, more...

Opposite:
easy decision, no-brainer



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